WHAT’S AN API? – Super Simple Javascript/jQuery Tutorials
This video covers the ABSOLUTE BASICS of an application programming interface, API for short.
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JSON examples in video:
https://graph.facebook.com/zombies
http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=puppies
Additional Resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface
https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/
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